Show UH straw vote gives GOP landslide by michael murphy ule ul pow wow editor national surveys reveal that teenagers generally are apt to follow the same political loyal ties as their parents if this is the case the recent straw poll at uintah high school indicates a heavy republican following in the county the GOP margin in the student ballot haried from a 21 2 1 low to a 51 5 1 nigh high favorites apparently ly were eisenhower mix on and henry aldous dixon poll results although B v 0 in c e conflicting total totals were in evidence the approximate final count disclosed the following listed in republican democrat independent order as on the regular ballot eisenhower Elsen hower and nixon stevenson and kefauver 50 U S senator bennett hopkin 65 U S representative dixon groaning 52 utah governor clyde romney Romr rey 63 lee 30 secretary of state toronto baker 90 attorney general caluster CalUst cr giles state auditor Lambo lambourne ume young 93 state treasurer 55 district attorney howard ivins 74 state senator String harn A number of write lna ins state representative hopkins abbott 73 county commissioner 4 year dudley slough county commissioner 2 year swain walker 91 rousing housing rally after the excitement of a rousing political bially last monday morning at 10 am arn uintah indents students went to the polls monday and tuesday and voted unfortunately the ute citizens showed a certain apathy as only 73 of the seniors voted 02 2 of the juniors lun lors and 74 of the sophomores about seven ballots were invalidated votes were counted by the american problems classes under the direction of jay mcdaniel their teacher there are tip approximately proximately students enrolled in uintah high school regular booths and the ballot box were borrowed from the continued on page 8 straw vole vote continued from page 1 county clerk s office tit the am ain 1 I I 1 problems lenvi classes and ulf ute pow wow aff staff who sponsored tins this project express their ampre bation to charles pope county akik anil and to to all political chair I 1 efti net I 1 1 and 1 I I ad committee workers who assisted with the tile project students who acted as judges at it the tables were carolyn bod ily assistant editor of the ute vie pow wow mina may kendall pat behling gloria mclean caimol and delora clark hears all sides at the political rally monday morn morning jig a at 10 a am in doyle oy e da av vis s student body president introduced jay mcd aniel american problems instructor who took charge of the assembly lie ile introduced trod platform guests and speakers colors were presented by explorers johnnie vance johnson wiley pope budge wallis and joseph rust the high school band under the direction of harold esbach played the amerigian Amer Ame iian ritan patrol and the national anthem speakers were clair R hopkins incumbent who was introduced by ralph republican C county 0 u n it y chairman clyde johnson who spoke for the democrats end and marlc marie turner who was introduced by dale jensen chairman of the citizens for lee party john mccoy american problems student gave directions to the students about the straw poll and how to vote without invalidating the ballot invocation was biven iven by president william B wallis and benediction by rev richard E lundberg other students who assisted with the project were erva galley and francis alien allen june F stewart ute pow wow advisor assisted mr mcdaniel McUan iel with plon plin ning correction the vernal express reported last week that 23 2 3 feet of snow had fallen in pine springs area in book cliffs the report should have read 23 2 3 inches |